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Project Cargo Network celebrates country membership milestone
February 13 - The UK-based Project Cargo Network (PCN) has reached a milestone with the addition of Dublin-based Curtis and Lees Ltd to bring to 70 the number of countries in its global network. The network now comprises of 126 heavy lift specialist compa
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Weather fails to halt Holleman Bulgaria move
February 13 - A Bulgarian member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, Holleman Bulgaria, has completed a local move of a large tank measuring 7 m in width and weighing 20 tonnes in the face of the violent winter weather sweeping across Eastern Eu
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Harbour project receives additional funding
February 13 - The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) has received an additional USD 2.5 million in construction funding.
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Car carrier sector holds up, with help from wheeled high and heavy
February 10 - London-based Drewry Maritime Research published a new report on car carriers, analysing a sector that has suffered less during the recession than most other sectors, thanks to a contribution from high and heavy wheeled traffic.
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Mui-Fong Goh to deliver keynote Breakbulk China address
February 10 - Global management consultant Mui-Fong Goh, a partner at global management consultancy A.T. Kearney, will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural Breakbulk China conference and exhibition later this month.
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Black Sea freeze delays heavy lift shipping
February 9 - Heavy lift shipping arriving or departing from Black Sea ports and stretches of the Danube in the region are facing disruption and berthing delays at ports and along the river.
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Air Partner names non-executive chairman
February 9 - Air Partner has appointed Richard Everitt, currently senior independent director of the company, to succeed Aubrey Adams as non-executive chairman of Air Partner plc, with immediate effect.
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HLPFI agrees partnership with Skeyes
February 9 - HLPFI has a agreed a partnership with Skeyes aerial photography and will feature photos taken by this Rotterdam-based company.
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ICS board meeting focuses on piracy and emissions
February 8 - The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners' associations represent all sectors and trades and more than 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, met in London earlier his week.
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Infrastructure UK boss to address Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum
February 8 - Leaders from many of the biggest infrastructure projects in the world, including the GBP50 billion Plan Nord project in Canada, the GBP16 billion UK Crossrail scheme, the GBP12 billion Rio/S
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ACL's starts weekly ro-ro service to Russia and Finland
February 8 - Atlantic Container Line is set to start a new, weekly ro-ro service from the USA and Canada to Russia and Finland and says it will be the fastest and most frequent service available in the market.
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ASCO's Aberdeen and Peterhead teams show caring side
February 8 - ASCO's Northern North Sea (NNS) business, which includes bases across a number of Aberdeen and Peterhead locations, has donated over GBP22,000 (USD35,019) to its chosen charity for 2011, CHILDREN 1ST.
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Project cargo helps lift the Seaports of Niedersachsen
February 7 - Project cargo, especially the consignment of alternative and wind energy components, played their part in positive throughput at Germany's Seaports of Niedersachsen in 2011.
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Prangl expands telescope boom fleet
February 7 - Austrian crane and material handling hirer Prangl has acquired a further range of Liebherr mobile cranes with telescopic booms.
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First for Demag Cranes in Bermuda
February 7 - A Gottwald HMK 170 Ewill be taking up commercial operations in the spring of 2012 at the port of Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda, where it will be handling containers and general cargo.
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BBC helps Damen deliver dredgers
February 7 - Dutch shipbuilder, Damen Shipyards, has used a vessel specially chartered by BBC Chartering to deliver three cutter suction dredgers to Azerbaijan.
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TBS International files for pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy
February 7 - TBS International plc has filed for prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a comprehensive debt restructuring agreement with its lenders.
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Van Oord renews jack-up order with Sietas
February 6 - Van Oord has renewed an order for an offshore wind power transport and installation vessel from Sietas, and has an option for a second ship.
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Seventh Breakbulk business run set for Shanghai
February 6 - Flensborg and Associates, a Munich-based sales and consulting firm, has announced the seventh Break-Bulk Business Run, which will take place in Shanghai in February 2012, and the expansion of the Business Run circuit to include additional eve